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Nintendo planning to discontinue Nintendo DSi/DSi LL Shop (Sept 2016/March 2017)
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Pokemaniac
Member
While it is technically being closed, the vast majority of the content has been absorbed into the 3DS eShop, and the transfer path still exists for as lomg as the old shop is still up. What's really being dropped is the old hardware and the select few games that didn't make the transition.
aesupreme1
Member
I purchased quite a few DSi-Ware games that I really enjoyed. A few that stood out:
Dark Void Zero
Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Flipper
Escapee Go!
Color Commando
Dark Void Zero
Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Flipper
Escapee Go!
Color Commando
AzureSkies
Member
You're right, but it shut down in 2010. Ninja Gaiden's DLC was really great, a shame that it's lost.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
There's something wrong with you not reading the first post.
Everything (safe for like 9 titles, including an outdated browser and several sudokus) in this old digital store has already been available on the newer 3DS eshop for years. Why keep this open when the 3DS eshop is offering the same contents and more? Its basically redundance.
Sony has started closing the store for PSP since 2 years ago. What does it says about Sony then?
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Hmm, I'll have to re-download everything onto the DSiXL then. I think I deleted some games due to running out of space. Not really interested in transferring them to the 3DS, I'd rather play them in the original hardware.
PS: Aura Aura Climber 2 needs to happen.
PS: Aura Aura Climber 2 needs to happen.
But what if they don't have a 3DS?
WarioFan63
Member
Well what if a PSP owner doesnt have a Vita or a PS3? Nintendo's not the first one to be closing down a storefront and much like the PSP store, nearly all of the games will still be there. Which is more than we can say for the original Xbox Live.
Vampirolol
Member
Quick Gaf, go buy X-Scape, known as 3D Space Tank in eu. It's a very good and overlooked game.
Pokemaniac
Member
It is unreasonable to expect hardware to be supported indefinitely. You have to upgrade at some point if you want continued support.
This closing doesn't stop people from doing that. It just means they have to do it on 3DS.
natsuyasumi
Member
I always wonder just how much it actually costs companies to maintain old infrastructure like this.
Toadthemushroom
Member
This is a move that further diminishes consumer confidence in Nintendo's online systems, it's disappointing really.
It's a shame the system transfer is going offline as well, though I'm glad the DSiWare library got fully migrated to 3DS.
They should have done the same with Wii U, and allowed the games to be packaged like "Wii Virtual Console games", where you can launch them from the Wii U home menu using a Wii Remote to make sure it's foolproof.
It's a shame the system transfer is going offline as well, though I'm glad the DSiWare library got fully migrated to 3DS.
They should have done the same with Wii U, and allowed the games to be packaged like "Wii Virtual Console games", where you can launch them from the Wii U home menu using a Wii Remote to make sure it's foolproof.
Wasn't the DLC then included with Ninja Gaiden Black?
What are you talking about? There is no such thing as full digital Wii games (on Wii).
And Wiiware can be transfered to the Wii U; Actually, this is the ONLY purpose of the SD Card slot on the Wii U...
Havoc2049
Member
Ninja Gaiden + the two DLC Hurricane packs became Ninja Gaiden Black.
I still say:
Ninja Gaiden + two DLC Hurricane Packs + NES Ninja Gaiden Trilogy > Ninja Gaiden Black + Ninja Gaiden Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade started on the original Xbox, but only had around 20 or so games for download. Halo 2, Project Gotham Racing 2 and a bunch of other games also had DLC.
stan423321
Member
Untrue. Smash can save screenshots there, for example.
Well, the 12 people in the world who:
- have a DSi / XL
- and are still using and/or care about DSi Shop stuff
- and don't own a Nintendo 3DS and are not getting one within the next year
have until March 31st to redownload everything on their console.
Also, official English FAQ. Nothing really new except:
- ability to re-download games on DSi Shop will end 'at one point', so not necessarily on March 31st.
Looks like there's also a refund program planned for points?
Looks like you will be able to add funds to your eShop account with Nintendo Points at one point in the future.
> https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/201...nuation-of-the-Nintendo-DSi-Shop-1095977.html
balladofwindfishes
Member
The Wii eShop would be a harder thing to close, since it hasn't been fully absorbed into the Wii U shop, as the DSi shop had been with the 3DS shop.
Wowfunhappy
Member
???
Microsoft closed down the store for the original Xbox years ago, and Sony closed down the PSP store recently as well. The DSi has been a legacy device for six years now, and it won't be fully closed until another full year from now.
It always sucks to see old services get discontinued, but it's really difficult to fault Nintendo here, and they're certainly not doing anything that the other big two console makers haven't done in the past.
(But yes, if you want a game to last for the rest of your life, you need to go physical. This applies everywhere, except perhaps for DRM-free storefronts such as GOG, and even then you'd better have a resilient backup plan in place!
balladofwindfishes
Member
You can still buy them on the 3DS Shop.
These are the only games going away forever
Flipnote has a 3DS version, and obviously the browser isn't any big deal.
Pokemaniac
Member
Really not much of value is being lost here. Aside from the 9 or so incompatible games, all of this content can be transferred to and will still be viable on a 3DS and will still be transferable for the next year. There is a reasonable upgrade path to keep your stuff.
Wowfunhappy
Member
Just for what it's worth, I greatly prefer the DSi Web Browser to the one on the original 3DS. Aside from what felt like much better compatibility and speed, It had a much better UI that made use of both screens: you had a super zoomed out view on the bottom screen with a rectangle you could move around with the stylus. The portion of the web page that was within this rectangle would appear zoomed in on the top screen.
I considered the experience to be comparable to if not better than the 2nd Gen iPod Touch I had at the time.
Pokemaniac
Member
I kinda doubt the experience was comparable. The DSi simply doesn't have the specs for that.
That said, the Old 3DS browser is, like the rest of the system, a bit hamstrung by the CPU being out of balance (read: overly weak) with the rest of the hardware.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Well, it's a relief that it didn't just disappear overnight. I do want to buy WayForward's games on there. There's not really much DSiWare that's worth a damn, but I suspect there are a few that are worth picking up before they disappear.
I wonder how far off the Wii's eShop shutting down is, then. There's some absolute gems on there that I think people will be pretty upset about missing out on once they realize they're gone.
I wonder how far off the Wii's eShop shutting down is, then. There's some absolute gems on there that I think people will be pretty upset about missing out on once they realize they're gone.
Confound it, now I have it on loop.
You brought some cool things, DSi shop. I'll miss you. WarioWare Snapped! - gimmicky and finicky as it was - brought some serious laughs. And Paper Airplane Chase ate many hours. Can't forget how it was my introduction to Cave Story, either.
Maaaaan, forgot about Flipnote! I spent so much time watching others' things on it. DSi, you were actually a pretty cool little system.
Pokemaniac
Member
Again, only like a select few games are disappearing. These ones specifically:
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/438 said:
Everything else has already been absorbed into the 3DS eShop and will continue to be available there.
Black Republican
Member
wii online store still open is surprising, unless im thinking online multiplayer is down right?
balladofwindfishes
Member
The Wii shop will be a lot harder to drop because there would be a substantial amount of software loss and no clean upgrade path.
DSi->3DS is an easy upgrade, you lose nothing, other than a half dozen minor games if you owned them, and you can keep playing and buying DSi games until the 3DS shop goes down.
With Wii->WiiU, Wii shop content isn't using the WiiU eShop and doesn't run quite as nicely as DSiWare does in the 3DS, since you need to go to a whole other shop and a whole other menu to download and run the software.
Wii and DS multiplayer has been down for a few years now. I still miss it, greatly.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Yeah, but if I buy them on the 3DS eshop, I can't download them on the DSi, can I? And DS games look like butt on the 3DS.
Pokemaniac
Member
Wii Shop Channel is still online despite all other online services for the Wii getting closed a while ago. However, it also has the Wii U still depending on it for backwards compatibility.
sixteen-bit
Member
isn't Mighty Gunvolt a DSi game?
Lupin the Third
Member
Pokemaniac
Member
Nope, that's 3DS.
Anything currently installed on your DSi is fine, and should be able to be backed up to an SD card.
AzureSkies
Member
I've never actually played Black.
I thought it was more than just the Hurricane packs?
chronic_archaic
Member
My question is if we'll finally see a proper DSi hack solution to preserve these games on original hardware. It's an anomaly since while it has been exploited and custom code can run on it, you can't actually run custom DSiWare or otherwise do any tweaks to the home menu. DS scene was dying out by 2009 and the DSi really didn't make any serious hackers care that much. It's the only system of the seventh generation I would argue was never fully hacked open.
How much money does it cost to support these legacy online platforms? Surely not so much that they can't afford to spend a small amount on it in return for goodwill. Not a particular criticism at Nintendo, all platform holders seem just as bad, but it doesn't help to encourage people to put their trust into digital platforms.
I mean, really?
I mean, really?
I can see how it probably becomes difficult to justify within a company for lots of dull reasons that you might not consider.
-Handling obscure customer service requests
-Maintaining IT systems behind the scenes, maybe no longer supported by suppliers
-Administrating royalties for publishers
-Keeping up with changing legal requirements/compliance
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudge.
sixteen-bit
Member
That's more than I expected, honestly.